PSPCL official booked for Rs 8L embezzlement

Ludhiana: Sahnewal Police have booked a revenue accountant of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for embezzling Rs 8.4 lakh.

Deepak Gupta of Durgapuri of Haibowal was booked following a complaint from PSPCL superintending engineer Kulwinder Singh of Giaspura circle.

Deepak, who has already been suspended, is on the run.

In his complaint, Kulwinder alleged that the accused embezzled the money in just 21 days from December 1, 2018 to December 21, 2018. The accused, deputed in Sahnewal sub-division, made fake entries of payment in records, but did not deposit the cash in connivance with some of the consumers. The embezzlement had surfaced following special audit.

Sub-inspector Gagandeep Singh, investigating officer, said the police received the complaint on February 20. After investigation, the police lodged an FIR under Sections 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent), 420(cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act.

Police are trying to identify customers who were involved in the crime, the official said.